Joan Miro (1893-1983) - Osaka

Joan Miro (1893-1983) - Joan Miró: Exposición Tres Libros, Osaka (Signed and justified)



(Barcelona, 1893 – Palma de Mallorca, 1983)
Three Books Exhibition, Osaka, 1970
Original lithograph before the term
Measurements: 76 × 56 cm
Original H.C. lithograph (hors commerce), hand-monogrammed by the artist. The H.C. proofs, not intended for commercial sale, were produced outside the regular edition and were reserved for the artist, publishers, or close collaborators, giving them an especially exclusive character and a higher qualitative standing within Joan Miró's graphic production.
This lithograph shows signs of age, consistent with its 55 years. Its condition reflects the natural ageing of the paper over time.
Created as a poster for the Joan Miró exhibition 'Three Books' in Osaka, held in Japan in 1970, dedicated to the publishing projects Joan Miró i Catalunya, Les essències de la Terra and Ma de proverbis.
Published by Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, and printed at the prestigious Mourlot workshops, Paris, an absolute reference in 20th-century artistic lithography.
The work condenses Miró's poetic and symbolic universe: his alphabet of primary signs, the free gesturality, and the elemental energy that fuses abstraction, matter, and a teluric root. It also constitutes a particularly relevant testimony of the dialogue between Miróian sensibility and Japanese aesthetics, where color, silence, and essential form balance with notable subtlety.
References
— Miró lithographer IV (1969–1972), Nicolas Calas and Elena Calas, p. 78, no. 680. Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1981.
— Joan Miró. The Original Posters, José Corredor-Matheos, No. 680. Éditions Cercle d’Art, Paris, 1981.
Unframed
Rarity: HC specimen of notable scarcity on the market, especially in this state of preservation.
Shipment: Insured for the total amount of the auction.